Authorities arrested a Metairie man accused of stabbing his roommate in the stomach following an argument on Sunday (June 22).

Angel Velazquez, 44, of 2105 Mississippi Ave., Metairie, was booked with aggravated battery, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report said. He is accused of knifing a 27-year-old man who was taken to Interim LSU Hospital in New Orleans.

No condition information was available Monday evening. But the Sheriff's Office said his injuries were not life-threatening.

The stabbing occurred just before 4 a.m. in the 2100 block of Mississippi Avenue. The victim's wife told investigators she and her husband were sitting on a swing in the front yard when Velazquez walked up and began to argue with her husband, a Sheriff's Office incident report said. It's not clear what the men were arguing about.

Velazquez went back inside the residence, retrieved a 6- to 8-inch knife and returned, yelling at the victim, according to the incident report. Velazquez is then accused of stabbing the victim while he was still sitting on the swing.

Velazquez was still at the residence when deputies arrived. While in custody, deputies noted Velazquez said, "Yeah, I cut him. It was self-defense. I hope I killed him," according to the arrest report. He also told deputies the victim beat him up.

Velazquez was still being held Monday evening at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on a $15,000 bond.